Logeion | vagus

văgus, a, um, adj. [root vagh-; Sanscr. vāhas; Gr. ὄχος, wagon; cf. veho],

strolling about, rambling, roving, roaming, wandering, unfixed, unsettled, vagrant (freq. and class.; syn. errabundus).
I Lit.: cum vagus et exsul erraret, Cic. Clu. 62, 175: itaque vagus esse cogitabam, id. Att. 7, 11, 5: dum existimabam vagos nos fore, id. ib. 7, 26, 3: Gaetuli vagi, palantes, Sall. J. 18, 2; cf. id. ib. 19, 5: multitudo dispersa atque vaga, Cic. Rep. 1, 25, 40 (from Aug. Ep. 138, 10): quae circum vicinos vaga es, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 14 (424): navita, Tib. 1, 3, 39: mercator, Hor. A. P. 117: Hercules, id. C. 3, 3, 9: scurra, id. Ep. 1, 15, 28: tibicen, id. A. P. 215: pecus, id. C. 3, 13, 12: aves, id. ib. 4, 4, 2: cornix, id. ib. 3, 27, 16: pisces, id. S. 2, 4, 77: vagi per silvas ritu ferarum, Quint. 8, 3, 81; cf. also: saepe vagos extra limina ferte pedes, Ov. A. A. 3, 418: refringit virgulta pede vago, Cat. 63, 84: ne bestiae quidem ... facile patiuntur sese contineri motusque solutos et vagos a naturā sibi tributos requirunt, unrestrained, Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 56: peregrinationes, Sen. Tranq. 2, 13: errores, Ov. M. 4, 502: gressus, Mart. 2, 57, 1.—Of inanim. things: quae (sidera) autem vaga et mutabili erratione labuntur, Cic. Univ. 10; cf.: quae (stellae) errantes et quasi vagae nominarentur, id. Rep. 1, 14, 22: Aurorā exoriente vagi sub limina Solis, Cat. 64, 271: luna, Hor. S. 1, 8, 21: aequora, Tib. 2, 6, 3: flumina, Hor. C. 1, 34, 9: Tiberis, id. ib. 1, 2, 18: venti, id. ib. 3, 29, 24: fulmina, Ov. M. 1, 596: flamma, Hor. S. 1, 5, 73: crines, Ov. M. 2, 673: harena, flying, light, Hor. C. 1, 28, 23: domus (Scytharum), id. ib. 3, 24, 10: lumina noctis, Stat. Th. 3, 63: febres, sporadic, Cels. 3, 5: fel toto corpore, diffusing itself, Plin. 11, 37, 75, § 193.—
II Trop., wandering, wavering, unsteady, inconstant, doubtful, uncertain, vague: (in oratione) solutum quiddam sit nec vagum tamen, capricious, Cic. Or. 23, 77: genus orationum, id. Brut. 31, 119; cf.: pars quaestionum vaga et libera et late patens, indefinite, vague, id. de Or. 2, 16, 67: nomen Ambrosiae et circa alias herbas fluctuatum, Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28: de dis immortalibus habere non errantem et vagam, sed stabilem certamque sententiam, Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 2: vaga volubilisque fortuna, id. Mil. 26, 69: vaga popularisque supplicatio, irregular, i. e. celebrated as men chanced to meet, without legal appointment, Liv. 3, 63, 5: incertum diu et quasi vagum imperium, Suet. Vesp. 1: vagus adhuc Domitius, i.e. vacillating between the parties, Vell. 2, 76, 2: puellae, inconstant in love, Prop. 1, 5, 7: vagae moderator juventae, flighty, giddy, Mart. 2, 90, 1; Stat. S. 4, 6, 2: concubitu prohibere vago, i.e. promiscuous, Hor. A. P. 398; so Col. 12, 1, 2; Mart. 6, 21, 6.—Poet., with gen.: vagus animi, wandering in mind, Cat. 63, 4.—adv.: văgē, here and there, far and wide, dispersedly: vage effusi per agros palatique, etc., Liv. 26, 39, 22: res sparsae et vage disjectae, Auct. Her. 4, 2, 3: dispergere, id. ib. 4, 31, 42: dicere, Sen. Q. N. 2, 48, 2.

vagus, a, um, umherschweifend, -streifend, unstet, I) eig.: a) v. leb. Wesen: multitudo dispersa atque vaga, Cic.: Gaetuli, Sall.: navita, Tibull.: cum vagus et exsul erraret, Cic.: mane, Mart.: pecus, aves, pisces, Hor.: vagi palantesque od. palatique, Sall. u. Liv. (s. Fabri Liv. 21, 61, 2): vagus et erroneus, Sen.: vagi per vias, Tac.: matronae vagae per vias, Liv.: vagi per silvas ritu ferarum, Quint.: Plur. subst., vagi quidam, einige Heimatlose, Liv. 1, 10, 7. – b) v. Lebl.: flumina, Hor.: classis licenter vaga, Tac.: venti, wehende, säuselnde, Hor.: u. so aura, Ov.: fulmina, fliegende, Ov.: crines, flatternde, Ov.: arena, flüchtig, leicht, Hor.: luna, Cic.: sol, Cic. u. Catull.: sidera, stellae, Wandelsterne, Planeten, Cic.: stellae erroneae et vagae, Apul.: vaga peregrinatio, Sen.: vagi per omnes vias cursus, Liv.: per campestria vagus (Nilus), Sen.: Plur. subst., vagae (sc. stellae), Wandelsterne, Planeten, Apul. de deo Socr. 2. – II) übtr.: 1) im allg., unstet, schwankend, unbeständig, puella, unbeständig in der Liebe, Ov.: villicus, ausschweifend, ehe brecherisch, Colum.: u. so concubitus, Hor. – v. Meinung u. Gesinnung, sententia, Cic.: fortuna, Cic.: turba, Ov.: vagus adhuc Domitius, schwankend zwischen den Parteien, Vell. – vagus animis, irrenden Geistes, Catull. 63, 4. – 2) insbes.: a) dem Sinne nach unbestimmt, allgemein, pars quaestionum, Cic.: nomen, zu allgemein, Plin.: causae admodum vagae, Tac. – b) flüchtig, locker, iuventa, Mart. 2, 90, 1. – c) v. der Rede, α) ziel- und planlos, solutum quiddam sit (in oratione) nec vagum tamen, Cic. or. 77. – β) nach allen Seiten sich ergehend, vagum illud orationis genus, Cic. Brut. 119.

vagus [CL] 1 who goes about from place to place (esp. without direction), who has no enduring or fixed position or abode, wandering, roaming, roving (also transf.); b (w. ref. to nomadism or sim.); c (of heavenly body that appears to move in the sky); d (of steps, course, or sim.). interea famis dira ac famosissima ~is ac nutabundis haeret Gildas EB 20; vox mea terrificis vaga personat alta loquelis Bonif. Aen. (Iracundia) 384; sic per omnes sedes ecclesiarum nunquam stabilis, semper ~us et profugus versetur Egb. Dial. 405; Cain ‥ fratrem ‥ interfecit et ob hoc a Deo maledictus et ~us in terra vixit Eccl. & Synag. 103; pincernaeque vagi cellaria saepe frequentant / convivasque rogant ut bibere incipiant Wulf. Swith. pref. 89; nec fert sepe vagum talis in urbe pedem L. Durh. Dial. I 504; sunt et alie aves quae ita ~e sunt et instabiles ut fere semper in motu sint (Ailr. Serm.) CC cont. med. IID 258; elapsus erat dilecte sue super montes quasi hinnulus ~us et volitans G. Hoyland Serm. 11B; unus ‥ crinis ex multis capillis colligitur ‥ ne capilli sine lege soluti et ~i et sparsi huc illucque defluant Bald. Cant. Serm. 12. 24. 483B; a1313 dicuntur tales [histriones] scurre ~i Med. Stage II 262; [clerici] ~i, i. e. per patrias discurrentes sive instabiles ‥ qui non habent certum domicilium Lyndw. 95h. b Faran nunc oppidum trans Arabiam junctum Sarracenis qui in solitudine ~i errant Bede Nom. Loc. 278; placuit omnibus Anglos et Saxones e Germania evocandos, armis validos, sedibus ~os W. Malm. GR I 4; nos ‥ Egipcii et ~i, qui pro Deo solo suscipimur Map NC I 25 f. 20; tabernaculum tamen q[uia port]abile erat et ~um ‥ significabat ecclesie ‥ [mili]tantem Gir. Spec. I 3 p. 17; quia sepe temptantes agros alia deinde loca petiverant, semetipsos Numidas appellavere; id est, sine oppido ~os et errantes Bacon Maj. I 316. c stellae ‥ cum mundo verti utpote uno loco fixae, et non stante mundo ~ae ferri dicuntur, exceptis his quae planetae, id est errantes, vocantur Bede NR 201; ipsa est ‥ absolutio cursus stellarum quae planetae, id est ~ae, dicuntur Id. TR 6; septem terra vagis excentrica subjacet astris J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 1071; seque non stabilem ut stellam sed ~um potius veluti planetam appariturum Gir. JS II p. 162. d 799 sive ipsius astri ~us in aethere cursus Alcuin Ep. 170; si quis ministrum altaris peremerit, sit ille exlex ‥ nisi ipse non solum ~o exilio plene delictum correxerit, set et cognacioni satisfecerit (Cons. Cnuti 39) GAS 341; utrum ‥ res hominum ceca ~is volitans pennis fortuna regat an ‥ providentia potius et ratione gubernentur Gir. Galf. intr. I p. 357; ~is urbem totam circuiens passibus Id. Hug. II 4. 2 (of animal): a loose, that is grazing on unenclosed land, (also as sb. sg., collect.) animals grazing on unenclosed land. b waif or stray. a 1277 de cx multonibus de rem' ‥ et de iij de redditu ante tons', et de j de vag' ante tons' Ac. Stratton 87 (cf. ib. 206: j cumeling); 1287 de iij porcis masculis ~is dicit quod remanent superannati Rec. Elton 27; 1297 et de x s. de j vacca provenienti de ~o cum vitulo vand' Ac. Cornw 2; c1300 pavones: item reddit compotum de x receptis de remanenti quorum j mas, et de iij provenientibus de ~a et de x provenientibus de exitu, quorum omnes feminee FormMan 43; 1320 ~a ejusdem foreste: de uno wyntring' de ~o vendito, xij d. KR Ac 131/22 r. 4d.; 1327 de uno equo ‥ de ~o domini episcopi furato DCDurh. Loc. IV 13; 1394 pro pabulo unius eque venientis de ~o apud Clifton ij s. Fabr. York 130. b 1275 abduxit unam juvencam vaginam [sic] existentem apud W. usque N. sine licencia ballivorum comitis CourtR Wakefield I 70; 1321 j juvenca venit ~a et remanet in manerio Rec. Elton 252; 1325 de xij d. receptis de Willelmo de W. pro custodia equi sui venientis ~i Ib. 270; c1342 ideo consideratur quod si dicti boves non calumpniantur infra unum annum et unum diem quod dominus eos habeat pro ~o CBaron 100; 1379 Michael de B. captus cum jumento ‥ modo habet diem revencionis ‥ et non venit; ideo jumentum ut ~um et appreciatum in rotulo profectuum et ballivi inde onerati Rec. Leic. II 175; 1441 et de nihil de ~is et extrahuris ibidem accidentibus hoc anno Ib. II 275. 3 that does not keep still, (ever-)moving, shifting (also transf. or fig., esp. w. ref. to impermanence or unpredictability). b (of place) that lacks systematic, regular, or certain layout, distribution, or arrangement (e. g. of routes through), haphazard or sim. (also fig.). dum Deus ad herebi vagas descenderit umbras Aldh. VirgV 455; presbyter undisoni quidam vaga caerula ponti / scandere jussus Bede CuthbV 145; jam aspectas aquilam vaga flabra secantem? Ib. 300; cernis ut hoc pelagus late vaga regmina findant? Ib. 514; c800 quo sine nil prodest cuiquam vaga gloria saecli Alcuin Ep. 262; huc illucque vagos stans circumducit ocellos Wulf. Swith. I 51; insula Vecta vago quia cingitur undique ponto Ib. I 1136; †841 (11c) sic per longa ~a temporum spatium [l. spatia] diversis nationibus derimuntur CS 434; quinque filios et totidem filias peperit, quibus varia sors in mundane instabilitatis ~a fluctuatione incubuit Ord. Vit. VIII 28 p. 455; Augustinus: inpudicus oculus inpudici cordis est nuncius quia quod os pro pudore non potest, oculus ~us loquitur et est quasi nuncius cordis vagi AncrR 14. b forte vago gracilis dum gramine luderet aetas Bede CuthbV 46; ipsa sui levitate perit patriasque sub umbras / pompa redit vanusque vagis dolus abditur antris Ib. 328; hoc palatium, -tii, i. ampla domus et ~a Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 418; silvis paste vagis, cum fratre tuo, Reme, vagis Serlo Wilt. 2. 128. 4 wandering (in thought or conduct), inconstant, mutable, (also w. ref. to straying from that which is proper, moral, true, or sim.) wayward. huc atque illuc mente ~a raptamur Bede Ep. Cath. 28A; nec ‥ animo aut elatus aut per lubricas voluptates ~us W. Poit. I 58; sepe commonebat ut ~e mentis ocia omnino devitarent Ord. Vit. III 3 p. 49; dat consilium ut numquam otiosi simus, numquam ~i, numquam instabiles, numquam dissoluti in verbis Ailr. Serm. 37. 10; non vagam animo, non turpem faciam / thori participem, curarum sociam P. Blois Carm. 28. 1. 3; ~is et vanis studiis se occupabat H. Bos. Thom. II 1; multis ‥ timoribus contractus, doloribus afflictus, erroribus ~us Ad. Scot QEC 832D; vir ~us et vanus, preter inconstantie solius, nullius rei constantiam habens Gir. EH II 11; c1203 hodie ‥ nulla precedente inquisitione de vita, de scientia illius qui ordinandus est ‥ sequuntur hodie homines ‥ magnatum favorem et ~e opinionis incertum P. Blois Ep. Sup. 5. 7. 5 (of language) vague, imprecise, rambling. quo te ~us sermonis tui perduxit textus Alcuin Dogm. 203B; 1146 in hoc ‥ discretissimo nostri seculi viro minime conformaris, quod tibi rumor ~us auctoritas est, et certam reputas ex opinione sola scientiam G. Foliot Ep. 57; ingenium Senece commendat Quintilianus, / sed tamen ejusdem verba stilumque notat: / res queritur magnas frangi sermone soluto, / dicendique genus arguit esse vagum J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 1269; si enim ita ~a et turbida et dispersa sit predicatio quod nullum membrum cohereat alii, nichil retinebunt auditores T. Chobham Praed. 296; s1329 episcopus concedere consuevit rectoribus ecclesiarum sue diocesis literas ~as dispensacionis pro non residendo Hist. Roff. 369. 6 (phil.) indeterminate. sed eorundem est plerumque minus finita cognitio et quodam modo conceptio ~a J. Sal. Met. 881A; omne universale connotat particulare ~um; et particulare ~um et signatum connotant speciem Bacon CSTheol. 66; conceptus ~us, formatus in intellectu angeli loquentis, est intelligibilis ab alio angelo virtute naturali Duns Ord. VIII 152; sed individuum ~um, ut ‘aliquis homo’, significat naturam communem cum aliquo modo determinato exsistendi qui competit singularibus Ockham Sent. IV 135.

văgus, (8) a, um, ¶ 1 vagabond, qui va çà et là, qui va à lʼaventure, errant : Cic. Clu. 175 ; Rep. 1, 40 ; Att. 7, 11, 5, etc. ; vagi per silvas Quint. 8, 3, 81, errants à travers les bois || stellæ quasi vagæ Cic. Rep. 1, 22, étoiles en qq. sorte vagabondes ; vaga harena Hor. O. 1, 28, 23, sable errant [à la merci du vent] ; vaga fulmina Ov. M. 1, 596, foudre sinueuse, aux feux épars ¶ 2 [fig.] a) flottant, inconstant, ondoyant : vaga sententia Cic. Nat. 2, 2, opinion flottante, cf. Cic. Mil. 69 ; vaga puella Prop. 1, 5, 7, jeune fille inconstante ; b) indéterminé, indéfini : quæstio vaga Cic. de Or. 2, 67, sujet indéfini ; c) [rhét.] parole libre dʼallure, qui ne subit pas la contrainte du syllogisme : Cic. Br. 119, ou style livré au hasard, affranchi de toute loi Cic. Or. 77.

vagus I. adj. a, um

1. rondzwervend, ronddwalend, zonder vaste (woon)plaats, metaf. ook v. zaken [navita; Gaetuli; pecus; stellae, sidera planeten; crines golvend; harena licht; classis; flumina slingerend]; ➤ -i per vias; -e effusi per agros wijdverspreid; — subst. vagī, ōrum m mensen zonder vaste woonplaats;
2. (metaf.) veranderlijk, wisselvallig, onbestendig [fortuna; sententia; rumores; puella in de liefde];
3. ongeregeld, wanordelijk, stuurloos [supplicatio];
4. onbepaald, vaag, algemeen [pars quaestionum; causae];
5. (v.e. redevoering) wijdlopig, onsamenhangend; ➤ in oratione solutum quiddam sit nec -um tamen; II. subst. ī m (Laatl.) rondtrekkende student of speelman, vagant.

vagus , a, um. adj.
閒遊者。改變。不定。寬闊。放肆。公。豐者。— villicus 色無度之庄首。Vagum nomen herbae 有數名之草。Vagum mane 走數處之晨。Vitam inopem et vagam prosequi 貧遊度曰。

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, Servus fugitivus, nequam, Sambuco. Decreta Colomani Regis Hungariæ lib. 1 : Si Rex aliquem Vagum servum alicui donaverit, etc. Mox : Quicumque absque licentia Regis Vagum tenuerit, etc.... Cum quis Vagum apprehensum tenuerit, a domino ejus primo exigatur. In Lege Wisigoth. lib. 2. tit. 4. § 9. servi fugitivi a dominorum jure inlicite evagari dicuntur. In fuga vagare, in Lege Longob. lib. 1. tit. 25. § 22. Roth. 278. Vagans homo, in Legibus Henrici I. Regis Angl. cap. 82. Vide Traditiones Fuldenses lib. 2. tradit. 38. Codicem Theod. tit. Si Vagum petatur mancipium, (10, 12.) ibi Jacobum Gothofredum, et supra Vagabundus. Alia notione Vague occurrit in Statuto Philippi VI. Reg. Franc. ann. 1349. tom. 2. Ordinat. pag. 313 : Lesdits gardes, ou l'un d'eux seront à la foire dès la veille des trois jours, et y demeureront l'un d'eux jusques les plaidoiries soient faites, et deuëment delivrées et finies. Et quand il se partira ou vague de la foire, leur lieutenant y demeurera, jusques lesdits gardes, ou l'un d'eux y sera retourné pour le paiment. Eadem leguntur in alio Statuto ejusdem Regis ann. 1344. ibid. pag. 305. Ubi Vague de la foire, Nundinarum exitus significari videtur. Vide Vacantes et Vacuus.

Vide supra in Vagari.

vagus adj.

VAG-, strolling, rambling, roving, roaming, wandering, unfixed, unsettled, vagrant: cum vagus et exsul erraret: Gaetuli vagi, palantes, S.: milites, L.: Tibicen, H.: pisces, H.: Saepe vagos ultra limina ferte pedes, O.: quae (stellae) errantes et quasi vagae nominarentur: luna, H.: venti, H.: crines, O.: harena, flying, H.—Fig., wandering, wavering, unsteady, inconstant, doubtful, uncertain, vague: vita: (in oratione) solutum quiddam sit nec vagum tamen, aimless: pars quaestionum, indefinite: supplicatio, irregular, L.: Concubitus, promiscuous, H.

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